To Mt Hyjal on Foot - Spirit Walk

Post by Fiammata

So, I'm having lot's of difficulty getting there mount-less. I've heard this 'bug' has been around for a very long time, and the famous Dora on youtube has even publicized the GMs telling her it is working as intended. While spirit-walking in a straight line (autorun on) I managed to send:

Dying in Mt Hyjal to rez in Ashenvale:

"working as intended"

Seriously?

Walking along a few more, seeing if anyone online with rez capabilities will help, I get this in UNDER TEN MINUTES:

*Suddenly there is a large bang and a cloud of dark smoke billows from a small crater in front of you. A Gnome coughs his way out of the smoke brushing soot off his shoulders*

Hail and Well Met Cintiq! *Bow*

Game Master Damrodrial here and I hope this message finds you well. ^_^

Thank you for contacting Blizzard Entertainment Customer Support. I apologize for the wait, we are busily assisting with the parting of the Mists. We are working diligently to address all requests and petitions in a timely fashion and appreciate your patience.

I just got a chance to read over your ticket about an issue you experienced recently with a strange rez location. I sincerely apologize, Cintiq, for any inconvenience or confusion this has caused you in the meantime. As a Engineering Gnome I know how irritating bugs can be to game play.

Since we as Game Master are unable to make changes to the game our goal with player reports about bugs like these is to make sure our Quality Assurance and Development teams are well aware of the issue and are working towards a fix. We want the game working just as smoothly as our players do too!

I would like to introduce you to my friend and robot, Chompers. He helps me process these bug reports and he even follows around our Quality Assurance and Development teams until they look into fixing situations such as this!

Let me just give this to Chompers, he will pass on your information to our Quality Assurance team, who are attempting to reproduce the issue. Once they have done so, they will forward their findings to our Development Team, who will then determine a fix, and apply it to the game as soon as possible.

*Chompers eyes begin to glow red as he processes the report.*

I also wanted to let you know about our new system which you can get these directly to the QA team!

To report a bug to our QA team, all you need to do is click on the red question mark on your bottom menu bar, then find the "Submit Bug" button (with a picture of a little blue bug next to it). This button will bring you to a text window where you can describe exactly what was going on when this happened. Please try to be as descriptive as possible so they have some good information to start working on (a little more information than "this quest is bugged!1!" please). These reports get sent directly to our Quality Assurance team for investigation, so they can start on them right away!

As always, if you need help from a Game Master regarding a bug, don't hesitate to contact us the old fashioned way and we'll be right there to help you out. Keep in mind this new mechanic will get your information directly to the people who can fix it.

*Chompers eyes fade from red back to blue and says "Bug report submission accepted." Chomper's rocket boosters begin to power on and he shoots into the sky to seek out the Quality Assurance team.*

Thanks for taking the time to let us know about this issue, and I hope you have a great rest of your day! *bow*

*Damrodrial steps back into the plume of smoke. There is a large sucking sound and all the smoke disappears along with that strange little Gnome.*

Bet that took awhile. At least, the first time it was spelled out for an I-can't-help-you reply.

Post by CadalMord

Is there supposed to be something to discuss here? Maybe the long post obscured my vision but I just can't see it.

Post by Fiammata

Maybe an old rant about an old bug, buggered even more by the requirement for this latest 'event'.

Sorry for the trouble.

Post by Adamsm

So....why didn't you do the 'smart' thing and just run through Felwood, Winterspring, then ran up into Hyjal from there?

Post by Eccentrica

So....why didn't you do the 'smart' thing and just run through Felwood, Winterspring, then ran up into Hyjal from there?

Few people probably even know about that path, and of the few who do, most probably think that Frostwhisper Gorge presents the final barrier not yet having met the spirit healer on the south side of it (I only met her recently as I attempted to find out if it was still possible to travel from Winterspring to Azshara directly - it is).

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Post by ofLegends

So....why didn't you do the 'smart' thing and just run through Felwood, Winterspring, then ran up into Hyjal from there?

The "smart" thing to do is just eat rez sickness and fly back up there.Running back is going to take 10 minutes anyway, and you can just go afk or something while your timer runs out.

Post by Adamsm

So....why didn't you do the 'smart' thing and just run through Felwood, Winterspring, then ran up into Hyjal from there?

The "smart" thing to do is just eat rez sickness and fly back up there.Running back is going to take 10 minutes anyway, and you can just go afk or something while your timer runs out.

Yeah but he's talking about a lowbie, not a level 60.

Post by Fiammata

I do know about the path actually, both the supposedly doable spirit-walk one and the one where you die by the border and rez on the other side. For the spirit-walk, I tried following Dora's super-speedy youtube video by pausing it, catching up with my character, playing and pausing, catching up with my character, etc. That took some time as the video is low-rez and youtube doesn't let me slow it down to see it better. Running around the edge on my own dumped me in the gorge (as spirit-walker) more times than I have fingers and toes, so off to the "how-to's" I went. Thanks, Dora!

I even think I found the tree she uses to nip up the final obstacle hill and get into easy-walk zone. But I also think that by being a Nelf she had some spirit speed-boost that I, as a Belf, do not. It would probably help.

I do NOT mind corpse-walking an entire day away. Patience is my virtue. I write lowbie guides and event tips in my spare time. I take the time to set up interesting pics for Wowhead that others might enjoy. It's usually fun. But as time is running out for that cute red lantern, and I don't seem to be able to make it up that hill while dead...

Today I followed along behind a skinner in Mount Hyjal and made it farther in without dying than I've ever been. Far away from the border. Supposedly far away from the bug. He earned his profession achiev and ported out, leaving me in a relatively safe area. It was fairly exciting! I thought about seeking out the Elders, or maybe a flight path if I could get to one. I know that Nordrassil is the one to aim for, but also that it'd take a lot of maneuvering to get to. Everywhere the minimap showed too many red dots (hostiles: I'm a hunter), I stayed clear of. I used Eagle Eye. I was careful. I took my time. I explored another lit-up zone without dying. I was... patient.

Moments ago I spotted a same-faction warrior and paladin together, apparently questing. They came toward me, trailing their aggro'd mobs. I of course died. The paladin did not rez me. Back to Ashenvale I went!

And to you. To here. I'm tired.

Post by Nulgar

Moments ago I spotted a same-faction warrior and paladin together, apparently questing. They came toward me, trailing their aggro'd mobs. I of course died.

That shouldn't be able to kill you, unless these mobs were spamming AoE, or you attacked them.

I figure you are on an account without Cataclysm? Then it may even be intended and not a bug that dying in a Cataclysm zone sends you to a non-Cataclysm graveyard.

All in all, it's way easier (and in any case faster) to ask someone with a Sandstone Drake or similar mount to take you up there, get the two Elders, and return. Running all the way from lower Hyjal to Nordrassil would take very long, even without the deaths.

Post by Eccentrica

Moments ago I spotted a same-faction warrior and paladin together, apparently questing. They came toward me, trailing their aggro'd mobs. I of course died.

That shouldn't be able to kill you, unless these mobs were spamming AoE, or you attacked them.

I figure you are on an account without Cataclysm? Then it may even be intended and not a bug that dying in a Cataclysm zone sends you to a non-Cataclysm graveyard.

All in all, it's way easier (and in any case faster) to ask someone with a Sandstone Drake or similar mount to take you up there, get the two Elders, and return. Running all the way from lower Hyjal to Nordrassil would take very long, even without the deaths.I'm developing the impression that Flammata is on some kind of challenge that would prohibit help of that sort.

Post by Nulgar

I'm developing the impression that Flammata is on some kind of challenge that would prohibit help of that sort.

I'm not saying they shouldn't try it, but if you want to go up against/around game restrictions, you shouldn't be surprised to to run into serious hurdles, intended or not.

Post by ofLegends

I'm sorry if you said already and I didn't see it, but is there anyone you know (either faction) with a 2 seater mount or something that you could pay to fly you back up or take you up somehow?

Post by Fiammata

I sorta do, and they helped on Alliance, but then I didn't seem them online for the rest of the week. I named the blue lantern Luney Bin. (Lunar Lantern)... But Horde's red > blue. As an update you helped me think of, on ally I have flight points there now, and if I die by the FP it sends me to Ashenvale as well. Tested that just now.

Ended up exactly 2 coins shy of that cute red lantern. That was a LOT of corpse-walking. I brought a book. Ah, well...

whispers: Salutations, Cintiq! Game Master Miximosindor speaking. Can you spare a few minutes to chat with me about the ticket you recently submitted?

To : hi maxi

whispers: Hey! How's it going?

To : currently spirit-walking through timbermaw hold

whispers: That sounds like a ton of fun!

To : it will take a -very- long time to get to your elders in mt hyjal if dying sends us back to ashenvale all the time

whispers: Is it happening constantly, or just depending on where you die?

whispers: once i get a few feet past where you get the hypogryph spirit, constantly

To : and actually, having a ton of difficulty even running the edge of the cliff to get back in as spirit

whispers: Well, theres 2 possibilities here. One is that its bugged again, Two is that you are just dying really close to the border, which is causing the issues.

To : apparently dying right on the border sends you to a rez healer close to winterspring, edge of the gorge

whispers: I think it just depends

To : and spirit-walking (exploring) thru mt hyjal i've found several other spirit healers, but am never sent to them when i die

whispers: Yeah, thats strange

To : ashenvale must want more visitors

whispers: I would do what the previous GM suggested and put in a bug report about it, so we can take a deeper look into it. And by we, I mean the Quality Assurance department.

whispers: It sounds like something might have triggered it again

To : ?

whispers: The bug I mean

To : i'll get the swatter

whispers: Ah, if only it was that easy

To : well, so long as no one really intended for this :)

To : no bridge and all -- i'm usually dumped back in that gorge many times before making it across

whispers: I dont think they did. I cant think of why they would

whispers: Was there anything else I might be able to help you with today before I go?

To : no, but thanks

whispers: Alright, well good luck! Have a great night!

I didn't admit to not actually being able to spirit-walk across it at ALL. /shame

Edit: Maximosindor is pretty cool.

Post by Eccentrica

Elder coins persist past the holiday, at least mine were still in my bag yesterday. If you haven't deleted them yet chuck them in your bank for next year.

Post by ElhonnaDS

Elder coins persist past the holiday, at least mine were still in my bag yesterday. If you haven't deleted them yet chuck them in your bank for next year.

They totally persist from year to year. I had 60-something in my bag from all the years they weren't good for anything, and then when they finally added in those pets, I bought a couple of them.

Post by ofLegends

Hmm, I think (could be wrong) I remember seeing some up on the AH. Is there a way you could get one, put it on the neutral AH, and have an ally friend buy it and give it to you? I used to do stuff like that all the time.

Or maybe you're patient enough to wait a year. I know I'm definitely not, unless there is literally no other option.

Edit: Omg, derp. I forgot stuff is account wide now. I was remember the old days of toon-by-toon, so forget that. If you buy one, just learn it. >.<

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